The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

A sharply wedged sundial marks the point at which each day in the United States begins.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.